Antti Kaunonen appointed as Kalmar president

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has appointed Antti Kaunonen as its new president, replacing Olli Isotalo, as of July 1, 2016.

Kaunonen, who is currently Kalmar’s senior vice president of its automation and project division, will report to Mika Vehviläinen, CEO of Cargotec, and become an executive board member of Cargotec.

Mika Vehviläinen, CEO at Cargotec, said: “Antti has a wide experience of global industrial business and automation. His background is a great fit with Kalmar’s strategy to combine software and equipment seamlessly together and offer customers solutions that support their operational performance.”